A rugged left-winger that was a proficient scorer in junior, Colin Forbes evolved into a grinding role player in the NHL. He entered the 2001-02 season with the hopes of playing a "lunch bucket" role on the improved New York Rangers.

The native of New Westminster, British Columbia played a year with Sherwood Park of the Alberta Junior League in 1993-94. That summer he was chosen 166th overall by the Philadelphia Flyers who left him in junior to play with the WHL's Portland Winter Hawks. Forbes scored 57 goals and played an abrasive style during his time in Portland before spending a year with the AHL's Philadelphia Phantoms. He also scored a goal in a three-game look with the Flyers in 1996-97 before joining the team on a full time basis the next season.

Forbes was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning at the March deadline in 1999 in exchange for enforcer Sandy McCarthy. Early in the 1999-2000 season he was sent to the Ottawa Senators and played a solid grinding role as the team finished with 95 points. Forbes continued as defensive player for Ottawa the next season until he was traded to the New York Rangers for Eric Lacroix. He played industrious hockey for the Blueshirts but the team fell short of qualification for the post-season.

Following a brief stint with the Rangers, Forbes was acquired by the Washington Capitals in the summer of 2001 and went on to play three seasons with the organization, spending the majority of his playing time with the Caps AHL affiliate in Portland.

In the summer of 2004, Forbes was acquired by the Carolina Hurricanes and upon his arrival with the organization spent the entire 2004-05 season with the AHL's Lowell Lock Monsters. In the early portions of the 2005-06 season, Forbes continued to toil in Lowell before having his rights acquired by the Washington Capitals.

REGULAR SEASON

PLAYOFFS

Season

Club

League

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

+/-

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

1993-94

Sherwood Park Crusaders

AJHL

47

18

22

40

76

1994-95

Portland Winter Hawks

WHL

72

24

31

55

108

9

1

3

4

10

1995-96

Portland Winter Hawks

WHL

72

33

44

77

137

7

2

5

7

14

1995-96

Hershey Bears

AHL

2

1

0

1

2

4

0

2

2

2

1996-97

Philadelphia Flyers

NHL

3

1

0

1

0

0

3

0

0

0

0

1996-97

Philadelphia Phantoms

AHL

74

21

28

49

108

10

5

5

10

33

1997-98

Philadelphia Flyers

NHL

63

12

7

19

59

+2

5

0

0

0

2

1997-98

Philadelphia Phantoms

AHL

13

7

4

11

22

-4

1998-99

Philadelphia Flyers

NHL

66

9

7

16

51

0

1998-99

Tampa Bay Lightning

NHL

14

3

1

4

10

-5

1999-00

Tampa Bay Lightning

NHL

8

0

0

0

18

-4

1999-00

Ottawa Senators

NHL

45

2

5

7

12

-1

5

1

0

1

14

2000-01

Ottawa Senators

NHL

39

0

1

1

31

-3

2000-01

New York Rangers

NHL

19

1

4

5

15

-3

2001-02

Utah Grizzlies

AHL

4

0

0

0

21

-1

2001-02

Washington Capitals

NHL

38

5

3

8

15

-2

2001-02

Portland Pirates

AHL

14

4

5

9

18

+6

2002-03

Washington Capitals

NHL

5

0

0

0

0

-2

2002-03

Portland Pirates

AHL

69

22

38

60

73

+10

3

2

2

4

4

2003-04

Washington Capitals

NHL

2

0

0

0

0

0

2003-04

Portland Pirates

AHL

69

16

32

48

59

-10

7

0

6

6

16

2004-05

Lowell Lock Monsters

AHL

76

27

37

64

80

+32

11

3

1

4

20

2005-06

Lowell Lock Monsters

AHL

34

10

18

28

24

-1

2005-06

Washington Capitals

NHL

9

0

0

0

2

-2

2005-06

Hershey Bears

AHL

36

11

12

23

16

-5

21

5

9

14

16

2006-07

Adler Mannheim

Germany

51

11

29

40

50

11

4

10

14

24

2007-08

Adler Mannheim

Germany

54

12

15

27

22

5

1

1

2

8

2008-09

Adler Mannheim

Germany

52

17

25

42

52

8

2

3

5

35

2009-10

Adler Mannheim

Germany

54

12

25

37

32

2

0

0

0

2

2010-11

ERC Ingolstadt

Germany

52

6

15

21

46

4

0

2

2

20

NHL Totals

311

33

28

61

213

13

1

0

1

16

Traded to Tampa Bay by Philadelphia with Philadelphia's 4th round pick (Michal Lanicek) in 1999 NHL Draft for Mikael Andersson and Sandy McCarthy, March 20, 1999. Traded to Ottawa by Tampa Bay for Bruce Gardiner, November 11, 1999. Traded to NY Rangers by Ottawa for Eric Lacroix, March 1, 2001. Signed as a free agent by Washington, January 8, 2002. Signed as a free agent by Colorado, September 11, 2003. Signed as a free agent by Washington, November 4, 2003. Signed as a free agent by Carolina, August 11, 2004. Traded to Washington by Carolina for Stephen Peat, December 28, 2005. Signed as a free agent by Mannheim (Germany), August 10, 2006.